"Welcome...….to othersville."
"Oh, I know these people."
"Rainbow. Rainbow. What brings you back? Came to say hi to Ruby again?"
"Uhhhhh....."
"Cause if you wanted one for the road, she's not here. She already left, headed back I do believe."
"Do you know that she…."
"Jacklyn, this is going to be a lot more serious than I thought."
"Serious?
Ruby isn't in any trouble is she?"
"No. No. Quite on the Contrary. I am sure she is fine. No need to worry yourselves. We just wanted to catch her before she left, that's all."
"But now that she has, I am sure she can take care of herself?"
"Take…..care…."
"Of…..
Herself?"
*BANG…..BANG*
"Let.....me…..out. You know that I…."
*Bizzzzzz*
"Aaaaaaggghhhhh."
"I know all about you, Ruby; and I know everything that you have done. It's one thing to tell people that you used to be a professional athlete, and it's entirely different to be one. If you don't train, then your stories...are just that. Stories. Your physical body can take so much, and your lack of focus training shows it.
Now shut up and let me work."
"You wait. I'll get out of here, and when the School opens up, not only will I get the training back I need, but so will everyone else, and we…."
*Brzzzzzz*
Aaaaghhh. We…
*Brzzzz…
Will never….
*Brzzzzzz*
…Be locked up….
*Brzzzz…
Again."
*Brzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz*
"Nighty night, Ruby. Sweet dreams. Please...let your nightmares flow. No one is coming to save you. No one cares. You're not even lost, Ruby. You are found...….Found by me. By the time people realize you aren't the real Ruby, you…..will be too late…..and so will they."
"Their is no way they would fall for your Impersonations. They know me too well to see how I act."
"Do they?
You promise that they value you as a person over what you are offering?
….You stake your life on that?"
"...We'll find her, Jacklyn. Don't worry."
"I am not worried."
"You…..you're not?"
"But I can see you are."
"Me? Worried? It's my mission to make sure people like you don't worry."
"And what's your mission?"
"What do you mean? I just told you."
"No. You told me what you do in life. I asked, "What do you want out of it?"
"I.....don't understand the question."
"I think you do, but just like Ruby you don't want to say it. The answer is different for all of us. Their is just one thing I am still puzzled about as to why."
"And…..what's that?"
"When you learned that we were thinking of the same girl, the first thing you asked was if she told me about you. Then you asked if she told me about her other friends.
Rainbow, not every single friend of someone has to know each other. Even I have two separate friends. Ones I hang out with, and ones that bring out my emotional side. If I want, I talk about each other; but most...we just stay separate. Nothing wrong with that."
"It's just...…"
"Just?"
"....We should focus on the search."
"I am."
"...*Huuuuahhh*
….Just thought that we were more than...."
"Just….friends?"
"She told me we have to keep everything a secret."
"Not jeopardize her reputation and all....or yours. Understandable."
"Please?"
"My Lips...are…..sealed."